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British born Dr. Peter Gammons is President and Founder of ECHO Worldwide Inc., an international humanitarian relief charity. After addressing a large conference in Kampala, Uganda in the mid 1980’s, an eight-year-old girl called Nursula ran up and tugged on his jacket. “Please can you help me? My father died a year ago. Since then I’ve slept on the streets.” Choking back tears, Peter knew he had to do something. He called the major relief organizations asking them to help, but with no success. So, he told his friends, “We are going to have to do something ourselves” and raised the money among family and friends to purchase land on the banks of Lake Victoria, to build an orphans village for 250 children who had lost their parents to AIDS. In 1988 he launched ECHO Worldwide, which stands for ‘End Child Hunger Organization’, to take on other rescue operations. Today, ECHO has projects in more than 70 nations of the world. Regarded as a ‘world statesman’ for his wisdom and compassion, he has become a personal friend and advisor to Presidents, Prime Ministers and World Leaders. Dr. Gammons has received numerous awards in recognition of his compassion and service to others and is the author of more than forty books.
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